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RSS FeedsSteam: Valve Is Addressing `Review-Bombing` And Here's How
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20 september 2017 09:48:42

 
Steam: Valve Is Addressing `Review-Bombing` And Here's How
(GameSpot PSP News)
 


In the wake of new PewDiePie controversy, Valve has announced that it`s making some changes to Steam User Reviews to mitigate some problems related to `review bombing.` After PewDiePie`s latest outburst, the developer of Firewatch called out the outspoken streamer and said it would issue DMCA takedown notices against his Firewatch videos. Not everyone took this news well, and a group of people `review bombed` Firewatch on Steam; that is, players posted a lot of negative reviews on Steam to lower its overall review score.Review bombing is a problem, Valve said, because people are criticizing the game for reasons outside of the game itself. `It might be that they`re unhappy with something the developer has said online, or about choices the developer has made in the Steam version of their game relative to other platforms, or simply that they don`t like the developer`s political convictions,` Valve said. `Many of these out-of-game issues aren`t very relevant when it comes to the value of the game itself, but some of them are real reasons why a player may be unhappy with their purchase.`Valve notes that an overall review score for a game that has been review-bombed generally returns to where it was before. In the case of Firewatch, the game overall rating is Very Positive, though its recent review score is labeled as Mixed, reflecting the review bombing.`This implies that, while the review bombers were unhappy with a decision the developer made, the purchasers of the product afterwards were often as happy with the game as the players before them,` Valve said. `In the cases where the Review Score didn`t return fully to its prior level, we believe the issue behind the review bomb genuinely did affect the happiness of future purchasers of the game, and ended up being accurately reflected in the regular ongoing reviews submitted by new purchasers. In some review bomb cases, the developers made changes in response to the community dissatisfaction, and in others they didn` ...


 
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